Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

colligation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: col-li-ga-tion
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A binding together.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The formulation of a general hypothesis which seeks to connect two or more facts.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The co-occurrence of syntactic categories, usually within a sentence.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: ligation, ligature"
"These therefore the midwife cutteth off, contriving them into a knot close unto the body of the Infant; from whence ensueth that tortuosity or complicated nodosity we usually call the Navell; occasioned by the colligation of the vessels before mentioned."
"Induction is a term applied to describe the process of a true Colligation of Facts by means of an exact and appropriate Conception."
"the colligation of facts"
"In order to have knowledge of the physical world, we use our ideas and concepts as the "thread" on which we string the facts about the world, the "pearls." We do this by a process Whewell called colligation."

Etymology

From Latin colligātiō. By surface analysis, colligate + -ion.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: colligātiō

Usage

Inflected Forms

colligations (plural)

Derived Forms

colligational

Frequently Paired Words

colligate colligative ligate ligation intersection collocation

Synonyms

ligation ligature junction conjunction conjugation

Questions

What does colligation mean?: A binding together.
Where does colligation come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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